Jorge Prieto-Pip! Parallel Interactive Projector

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Interview with Jorge Prieto : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Jorge Prieto : The idea was to lesser the dependence we have today in our cell phones and also save a bit of battery in the meanwhile. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Jorge Prieto : Simplicity of course. When it comes to electronic devices, the more simple and understandable for everyone the better. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Jorge Prieto : I would be glad to sell it to those interested or even work a bit more on it to improve it. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Jorge Prieto : From the first sketches to the technical drawings and finishing with the last renders, it all took a couple of months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Jorge Prieto : I was looking to give a new point of view to some of the most common objects we have at home, like our landline telephones which haven&#039;t been redesigned in years. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Jorge Prieto : It is not being used or produced by any other company but if I have the opportunity I would like to sell it or even make a prototype myself if that is not the case. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Jorge Prieto : I presented another project to the A&#039; Design Awards 2013 in the Furniture &amp; Homeware category and after that one I was looking for a challenge in another field. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Jorge Prieto : Of course. When I was designing it I was part of a design studio called &quot;Que Maten al Diseñador&quot; or &quot;QMAD&quot; for short, in Valencia, Spain. They helped me to polish the details of the concept. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Jorge Prieto : It was made so anyone in the family was able to interact with it, but I guess that it is more focused in those who have a bigger dependence on cell phones which are the young and middle age people. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Jorge Prieto : Before starting I didn&#039;t want to step over any other design so I did a bit of research and found out there were similar ideas. However most of them were portable so you wouldn&#039;t have less dependence on your cell phone, you would be carrying even more devices. Others were already integrated on the phone but we would be having the same problem than before. Also, even though they were able to project the screen of your phone on any surface you couldn&#039;t interact with the projection in any other way than by using your phone. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Jorge Prieto : PIP is just an abbreviation of Parallel Interactive Projector, which is actually the description of the product. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Jorge Prieto : Pen and paper at first and of course, once the sketch was finished, the most commons when designing, Autocad, Rhinoceros, 3D Studio, Photoshop, After Effects... .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Jorge Prieto : I think it would be the possibility to interact with the screen projected of your phone without using any complex process, just by synchronizing it with the infrared diode. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Jorge Prieto : With the members of the actual &quot;QMAD&quot; design studio in Valencia, Spain. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Jorge Prieto : Technology is everything in this design. I used the latest and most updated components I could find to give the best quality possible to the product. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Jorge Prieto : I first looked up on the internet and design books for any other designs that were already on the market and aiming for the same idea I was. After that I made a valuation of the options I was able to integrate into my design and gave it shape from there. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Jorge Prieto : The most simple things are usually the ones that take more time. When I started adding options to the device I was realizing it was turning into something too complex to use so I decided to back up and make it cleaner without loosing its perspective. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Jorge Prieto : I though it was a good way to start in the world of Industrial Design. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Jorge Prieto : You always learn something new when doing some research for any new project. It was my first electronic device design and I learned about the many possibilities it had when choosing the different components of the product and production processes. .